noon, a million dollars hanging in the balance for planned parenthood on the peninsula's, the country holds its breath for a decision on roe v wade. >> plus, the fed trying to thread the needle as it takes aggressive action to curb inflation. concerns are growing about a new recession. and warriors take game 5. they have the home-field advantage have the home-field advantage for what could be their last game. our kron 4 sports coverage is ahead. >> from the bay news station, you're watching kron. at noon. >> thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. i'm noelle bellow, the owner of a martial arts studio in san jose has been arrested on charges of assault of a minor. 54 year-old ernest ramirez

operated extreme martial arts located on elm street. he also ran an after-school program for trace elementary in san jose. police say that's where he met the 14 year-old victim and carried out the assaults from august 2020 through june of 2021, the victim and their family no longer live in the area and were out of state when they reported these incidents, ramirez was arrested back on june 9th. he faces multiple charges, including 4 counts of rape of a child under 14. also in san jose this afternoon, authorities are investigating after a suspicious device was found at a home in the willow glen neighborhood. this happened in the area of ko and delmas avenue. police say the bomb squad was brought in and rendered that device safe. they say they're still working to determine the type of device and there is no threat to the public at this time. >> san mateo county supervisors have voted to approve 1 million dollars in funding to support planned

parenthood. that money will go towards equipment and technology. >> to improve access to reproductive health care in the county. the county's plan also includes. creating a buffer zone around planned parenthood clinics in unincorporated parts of the county to protect patients and employees from any harassment. the county will also fund a advocacy and advocacy agenda for the next board meeting in august. planned parenthood mar monte will get this money. it has a network of community clinics across california and nevada with 3 locations in san mateo. according to a report released in 2021. 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion if roe v wade is overturned. the man who scaled sales force tower last month is at it again. take a look. he calls himself a prolife spiderman. >> he this 700 foot tall building in oklahoma this morning. he's doing this to protest abortion. his name is mason. champ, according to his

public relations firm in the last month, he has also scaled the new york times building. you didn't use any climbing gear this morning he was met by police once he reached the top. have. coalition the ap, i community organizing asian justice rally today. they're showing support for the family of thai grandfather, viecha raton, up hockey, who was killed last year by being forcefully pushed to the ground in broad daylight. the groups demanding justice for all victims of anti asian hate crimes. they met outside the hall of justice on bryant street ahead of a preliminary hearing for the suspect charged in vicious death. organizers say they will show out in solidarity every time the suspect is called to court. >> we are all united and the solid is there is a strong and ready pollo food that make us

rise up. i will wise. but the mendez the four-week time its i find it is not going to way in his memory should be about the equal rights for everyone. >> the attack on the 84 year-old happened in the ons of vista neighborhood. san francisco supervisor catherine stefani has push to rename the street sonora lane after >> tomorrow's hearing on the january 6 capitol riot has been postponed. the 3rd public hearing was originally scheduled for 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. >> former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen was scheduled to testify tomorrow. the committee has nor offered an explanation yet for the postponement, but san mateo congresswoman zoe lofgren did weigh in. >> it's just technical issues and we are, you know, the staff putting together all the videos, you know, doing 1, 2, 3, it was overwhelming. so we're trying to give him a little room. >> on monday, we saw testimony from several of former

president trump's top advisers saying they told him his claims of widespread election fraud were baseless. the hearing that was set for tomorrow was supposed to touch on the justice are on the department of justice. now thursday's hearing is still on that one is expected to look into former president trump's efforts to pressure then vice president mike pence to refuse to certify the election results. police in san francisco are looking for the driver who left the scene of a deadly accident happened near the intersection of mission street and 20st street just after 1 o'clock this morning, 3 people were injured in the accident. at least one person died from their injuries. the other 2 were taken to the hospital. the driver of one of the cars involved in that crash left the scene. also in san francisco, police have arrested a teen they believe is responsible for shooting and car crash. that happened over the weekend. police say a man was shot and injured at 3rd street and newcomb avenue in the bayview district on saturday night. shortly after

the shooting. police say the driver crashed into another car with a family of 3 inside and ran off. police say they are investigating the shooting as gang violence. over to the east bay. now where a carjacking in oakland's chinatown ended with a man being dragged by his own car. the incidents prompting the head of the oakland chinatown, chamber of commerce to warn those who live in the area to stay on alert. kron four's dan kerman has that story. >> on sunday afternoon, just before one a man seen here in this video gets out of his car in front of the one key supermarket in oakland's chinatown, but leaves the motor running and i'm never would have he did that. you know, he would be a big time because it was so many people in too. >> area. and, you know, it's not maybe take 10, 15 seconds to loading up the december ice to his cop. >> but in those seconds, another man gets into his car and begins to drive off. the driver, grabs onto his car and is dragged before he eventually. let's go. the

driver suffered cuts and bruises but survived. this is a it's more than karl chan with the oakland chinatown, chamber of co-merce is warning those in his community, the minorities and the elderly are >> most of them, they realize that, you may go bust, don't speak out people monday and they think that, you know, we are not strong enough to defend ourselves and all screaming they know. but a time when you call and try to get access to language, it's a too late can who provided this video showing the suspect walking past the market and just waiting for his opportunity. >> says cities must make it easier to get 9-1-1. operators who speak the language of the victim. he also says there must be greater consequences for those who prey on these communities until that time, he says the community must take extra steps to protect themselves, no volunteers all, you know, police presence. we

still need to be very, very involvement. so pay attention. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> to the south bay now where a 15 year-old girl in san jose is recovering after being shot in the back with a pellet gun. 15 year-old gianna that a rally was shot friday while walking home from the mall says the doctors thought her wound was just a shallow cut at first. but then a follow-up x-ray revealed the pellet was in one of her lungs, which have collapsed. i was shot. there wasn't that much it just kind of like. >> hit me. and i didn't really understand what happened like, oh, my god, there's a bull in your long. your lungs collapsed. and then they operated on me. >> a paramedic told that the rallies, father, she was the 4th pellet gun victim of the day at santa clara valley. medical center, possibly due to a social media trend. the alameda police department warned parents on monday of a

viral tiktok challenge which encourages people to shoot random targets with water pellets from airsoft guns. san jose police say they're investigating 2 other pellet gun shootings that happened that day. a 42 year-old woman was shot in the parking lot of a walmart on stevens creek boulevard. and a 9 year-old girl was shot in the back near the westgate mall. all right. we do want to talk to you a little bit about those warriors. the dubs now just one win away from their 4th nba title in 8 years. they beat the boston celtics last night in a fairly dominant performance despite steph curry having the worst game of the finals. kron four's will tran has highlights. >> the warriors, they have 2 numbers that think about as they are in boston for thursday's game 6. the number one. one win away from another nba title 3 for that to happen. they need the boston celtics. the lose 3 consecutive games. they gave

the celtics the number 2 for the first time in the nba playoffs. not just the finals, but the playoffs that the boston celtics last. >> back to back games. they were on the verge. however, of keeping that streak alive. as far as not losing consecutive games because it was pretty close in the 3rd quarter. they went into halftime with the warriors up 12 points. but then in the 3rd quarter, which typically is the warriors quarter. but in this particular case, the boston celtics 19 to 4 run close the gap and in the 4th quarter, anything could possibly happen, especially when our guys, steph curry was a little bit off his game that 233 consecutive games with at least 1, 3 pointer made, which is an nba record that came to a screeching halt because he went o for 9 yesterday. he tried and tried to at least 1, 3 pointer. but that didn't happen. still ended up with 16 points. however, steph curry is the first to admit, yes,

records are great consecutive streak. so great. but you know what's better than that? >> on the been happier for whatever type night. just on the context of that. again, the other ways you try to impact the game and the fact that, you know, you had 4 guys step up and meaningful ways help us win offensive so all that stuff yeah. the fire burned and i want to make shots. but the rest of it is just about how you win the game. hopefully the warriors will not have another home game at the chase center as they will be in boston. but we expect thousands of people to still show up on thursday because thrive city will be alive and well thousands of people out there. it should be a big party with the jumbotron. hopefully the warriors will see steph curry. >> back in action. and if they win, of course he is there in the p r and b p. >> get ready for a parade when when i went.

>> all right. coming up, the fed taking action on inflation, but could they do more harm than good? we've got the latest details from capitol hill. later this hour. bring you the story of the south. a food bank that's in need of a little bit more help this summer and growing outcry in wine country after board of supervisors extends a ban on rental

>> welcome back. happening

today, concord city council will decide whether to adopt an anti harassment protection ordinance for renters advocates are demanding safe, affordable and healthy housing for all conquered families. that policy would put new protections in place for renters dealing with abuse of landlords who threaten, harass or intimidate them if passed. landlords who violate the policy could be fined. that meeting will start at 06:30pm tonight. several advocates are set to offer testimony. to the north bay now or vacation rentals and wine country are facing an extended moratorium snow. the board of supervisors just approved a new order blocking new permits on rentals. many who showed up were not pleased with the decision. kron four's terisa stasio. joining us now from sonoma. she's got more on tough issue to reset. well, sonoma county, as you can imagine, is a destination place. beautiful here, right? just behind. you can see how gorgeous it is on this.

>> june day. so the board of supervisors took a look at this a supervisor, a spokesperson tells me that they received 200 applications, new applications for vacation rentals. and they said that taking a look at the current ordinance that that was just too many. so what they decided to do was to extend the moratorium. now they say that this is all important to make sure that they are balancing the needs on the community. as well. i was tourism. >> which is very important for this area. you may be attending a wedding or you may be it coming here for a vacation. i just hope to talk with the spokesperson from the permanent policy department. here's what he had to say about balancing the needs of the community. >> the county is known worldwide as one of the most beautiful exists and people want to come here and tourism is an important part of our economy. but also we have a

housing prices and understand win over concentration of vacation rentals can do to making less you know, creating some a nuisance is for the people that want to live in sonoma county full time. so we're looking at ways to balance the needs of the communities. also, you know, the you know, need to have tourism and have people come and visit us and support the economy you towns and communities in that way as well. >> so the old moratorium was set to expire. so this just continues. that moratorium know. well, the moratorium is set for a year, but in august, the board of supervisors here in sonoma county are going to be looking at a new ordinance. and so everyone would be able to apply for new permits and you would be up against that new ordinance. a sew ordinance is supposed to tackle issues such as noise. complaints,

making sure that there's not too many vacation rentals and a particular area, a particular neighborhood. now, a lot of people are not very pleased about this. they went to the board of supervisors meeting yesterday saying that this was wrong and that it really hurts tourism. we're going to be hearing from those people a little bit later on. but for right now in sonoma county and theresa stasi, back to you guys. >> definitely, we hear from them later. i know you will have that story coming up on kron. 4 news at 3 to recent. thank you for that live report. we do want to get you a check of your forecast. this research saying beautiful up there in sonoma county, taking a live look out at the golden gate bridge this afternoon. it is warm starting today. we're >> getting a little bit warmer as the week goes on. kron reyna harvey has your forecast. and it's been a nice one, but certainly a hot day out there today across the bay area. clear skies, no rain in the forecast, although it's something that we've been looking for to lately. let's get a look at what's been

happening over the course of these past 3 days. so yesterday we have that high pressure system. it arrived and continue to build over the next few days. we're going to see a trough moving to the bay area come thursday. that will cool us down over thursday, friday, saturday into the weekend for father's day. current highs out there. so stinson beach mission boulevard, mission district 70's for you. there. daly city, you're at 60 down here in half moon bay, 60 degrees, burlingame millbrae, san bruno, all mid to upper 60's. now san carlos. you're at 75 palo alto. 78, upper 70's in mountain view. 80's across the map here in the south bay. so san jose, morgan hill, the warmest at 91. so no, you're at 78 walnut creek. 88 conquer in the 90's. and then over here in toledo at 82 napa. 85 out there, santa rosa, 90 and down in mill valley. 79 our 7 day forecast 90's inland for today, a close one 89 will for

wednesday thursday friday. look at that. that cooldown begins along the bay shore. upper 70's at the start of the friday, mid 60's and along the coast here in the low 60's for much of the week. back to you. thank you. reyna in the south bay, a 15 year-old boy is dead after he was shot in east palo alto. that shooting happened around 9 o'clock last night on manhattan avenue. when police arrived, they found the boy with gunshot wounds. he was taken to the hospital. >> where he later died. police do not have a description of the shooter at this point. for friends opened 8 ball skate shop near lake merritt last spring. it's been a pretty smooth ride going into business together up until this sunday. one of the co-owners says it happened. the their shop got burglarize just after 4 o'clock monday morning, a guy broke into their store on 15th street between webster and harrison. the thief heated up the front door with a torch and then

threw something at it to shatter the class that set off an alarm. so we backed off only to come back about 40 minutes later and finish off what he had started when the thief got any managed to swipe an ipad, some skate boards and clothing in about 3 trips to and from his truck. this is a we do have a photo of the truck there and the man responsible for the burglary. the owners do not recognize him. they want to thank the generous community members who stepped in to help them out by donating funds and sending them more merchandise. >> financially and morally. a little we're going through right now for the community. we actually set up a gofundme. and we're getting a lot of people who actually helping which is amazing. >> someone walking by called police to report that burglary. apparently the thief did try to head up another business across the street before targeting that storm.

all right. still ahead here on kron, 4 news at noon running on fumes or catching up with drivers forced drive with nearly empty tanks. the latest info on the governor's plan to send gas checks to californians and the lgbtq+ community standing against hate. the latest rally in the bay area after a library was stormed by the proud i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise. i noticed i wasn't as sharp as i used to be. my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it out." i noticed that i felt sharper, i felt like i was able to respond to things quicker. and i thought, yeah, it works for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

welcome back in the east bay, castro valley pride is rallying together in support of the lgbtq community. >> after a group of proud boys disrupted a drag queen story time at a library. alameda county sheriff's deputies say those men entered library saturday afternoon, shouting homophobic, an anti lgbtq slurs. kron four's amanda hari was at the rally. >> the rally started with a group of just a few people but grew to a larger group. they were holding signs of support and waving flags. they tell me they wanted to counter a negative message with a positive one. the library is the public's library and the public really means everyone include the lgbt community. >> people honked their horns in support of a group rallying for the lgbtq community. >> castro valley pride leaders say they organized this rally to counter the message from a group of men that entered the library saturday afternoon. >> during drag queen story hour shouting homophobic, an

anti lgbtq slurs. every family deserves an opportunity to to feel safe in their community. they feel safe to take their kids to event, to building and we're not going to sit here and let some cowboys come on and said it proud. boys are terrible. negative rubin. >> we had to come down here. billy bradford came out to support the rally. he says lgbtq people. >> are an important part of the community where your friends, your family, your neighbors, we're part of the fabric of this country and the people that would use their hate to divide us and bring us down. >> they won't last. there was one protester who stood across the street from the lgbtq support rally. >> he was at the national straight pride coalition. we have to fight for the but austin bruckner with castro valley pride says protesters give them even more reason to have a rally like this one, having a presence in our community and showing folks that you're okay here. you castro valley pride organizers tell me they will continue to

support the lgbtq community any way they can. >> in san lorenzo amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> coming up at 12, 30, we're checking in on the primaries since the january 6 hearings have begun. a look at former president trump's influence at the polls. plus emt's putting out their own calls for help. more on the pressure causing thousands of text to walk off the job and as inflation heads a 40 year high, the federal reserve expected to raise interest rates again. deta

>> welcome back. our top story this half-hour, fears of a recession are growing as the fed continues to take action to reduce historic inflation. correspondent trevor shirley has a look at the delicate balance there trying to strike. but the economy. well, it's not the first time this year we've seen interest rates go up and it's probably not going to be the last time either. >> as the government continues to try to deal with rising prices. it's sapping the strength of a lot of families as early as wednesday. the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates again this time by as much as 3 quarters of a point. >> does the president think the fed is running the risk of hiking rates too as it tries to tame inflation? the federal reserve is nice to have their independence. the white house insists the president won't interfere with the federal reserve as it tries to slow rising prices. inflation

remains at a 40 year high, according to the labor department's latest data, runaway inflation has pushed workers. >> and families to the breaking point. republicans placed the blame squarely on the white house. it was the democrats choice to assist on flooding, flooding the onomy with trillions of dollars liberal spending loss. right now, democrats decision. it is literally dropping him off a cliff. the biden administration continues to point the finger. russian president vladimir putin insisting that higher oil costs from the war are driving up prices on everything else. >> he's also prevent the grain. thousands of tons of grain. they're locked up in those silos ready export it. i can't get out to the black sea because of blown out of the water. >> some economists fear raising interest rates too fast and too much-could trigger a recession already, wall street is bracing for a downturn as stocks plunged on monday and federal reserve chairman jerome powell says

he's committed to staying, quote, nimble, but humble as his agency continues to try different ways to deal with inflation reporting in washington. i'm trevor shirley. >> well, we all know gas prices are dizzyingly high here in the bay area, but waiting to fuel up when the warning light appears in your gas gauge could. and in an emergency situation in the 1st quarter of 2021. triple a received 153,000 service calls for drivers being out of gas. the agency attributes the bulk of the increase in gas related service calls our folks getting back on the road in the wake of the pandemic. aaa spokesperson john treanor cautions drivers from risking running out of gas, though, by trying to stretch their fuel to limit between filling up. >> well, that little light might be a warning that you only have a gallon or so left. you want to fill up. it's not a now's the time to fill mark the way for that light to go on. don't push it to the next think about your car in the

long run. think about the cost of getting a new fuel pump are repairing the damage. a cost of a cost for service and the most important thing time. think about how much time it will be spending. if you break down the side of the roadway for cast. >> trainer goes on to say even though californians can't escape paying the highest gas prices in the country, it's going to cost you a whole lot more. if you regularly tried to drive your car on empty. california state lawmakers did pass their version of the state budget on monday. but debate continues between lawmakers and the governor on several issues, including gas relief that was promised to californians months ago. kron four's ashley zavala explains for those talks. stand. >> this again is a historic budget. california lawmakers monday sent the governor version of the state's 300 billion dollar budget. 2 days ahead of their constitutional deadline of june 15th. but the state spending plan is not finished as negotiation continues with the governor on several items.

>> republicans rejected noting the budget is incomplete. go tell the public and to purchase such a we've got a budget on time. >> can we told us it is such that we represent. what's in budget. >> likely not state lawmakers have spent the last several weeks figuring out how to spend taxpayer dollars. that includes a historic nearly 100 billion dollar surplus. democrats applauded their budget. that would put a record amount of money to reserves. put 40 billion dollars toward infrastructure boost the state's funding formula for public schools. plus investments for housing and transportation. this is about not just this generation of california, but the next generation of californias to come. that's about. but republicans say the budget does not do enough to address the state's incoming crises, including drought, extreme wildfires strain on the electrical grid and a looming recession. state senator brian dolly who is running for governor, weighed in during the debate. stock markets taking some big hits. >> we're not going to see.

surpluses like this. again, another unresolved piece of the state's financial puzzle, direct payments promised months ago to californians in response to rising gas prices and inflation in a budget related hearing monday, the legislature plan to move ahead with sending money based on income and family size. >> while newsom's administration told lawmakers it prefer sending money based on car ownership. this has been the same debate for months that despite administration looks forward to working with the assembly and the senate took come to a final budget agreement. the provides media and significant relief to californians in the face of rising costs. now it's still unclear when that line item will be resolved. the state's new fiscal year starts july first at the state capitol. ashley zavala kron. 4 news. habitat for humanity is launching a new multimillion-dollar initiative aimed at bridging the racial gap in homeownership. >> the nonprofit will pump 25 million dollars into programs to address the disparity. census data shows black homeownership rates are nearly 30% less than white

americans. that's the widest gap in 40 years. >> habitat hoping to help 3 million black americans own homes by the year 2030, this initiative is largely possible because of a 436 million dollar donation that they received back in march. the midterm elections are still going for several states across the country. they're testing former president trump's influence on the polls. this round of ballots will be the first since the start of the january 6 hearings. correspondent joe khaleel has a look at how the midterms are expected to shake out. another major test for former president trump and the republican party establishment. as for states head to the polls for their primary elections in south carolina, up to trump backed challengers. look to unseat incumbent congressman tom rice and congresswoman nancy mace rice. one of a handful of republicans who voted to impeach the former president. >> facing challenger russell fry just this week. rice double down on his impeachment

vote. i took an oath to protect the constitution and i did it. i would do again tomorrow and mace who at times has clashed with trump. strongest defenders in congress faces the former president's handpicked challenger, katie arrington. both candidates running on drilling for american oil and border security. the border and security crisis that we have humanitarian crisis at our border that the biden administration refuses to acknowledge in nevada, democrat dina titus faces a primary challenge from her left progressive. amy vilela former bernie sanders state campaign chair. now's the time to elect pulled leaders who will fight to change our current system that favors the rich and over in maine and interesting race shaping up as former republican congressman bruce pollack win seeking to win back his old seat. a win tonight would put him on a path to challenge the moderate democrat jared golden in what should be one of the tightest and closely watched races come november. that was joe khalil

reporting for us this afternoon. all of the midterm elections will be held on november. 8th. >> international news this afternoon. the state department met yesterday with the phoenix mercury giving the basketball team an update on brittney griner's detention. the wnba player has been held in russia since february. she was stopped at a russian airport for allegedly having vape cartridges with traces of cannabis oil. she's being charged d th smuggling significant amounts of a narcotic substance, which is punishable. but to 10 years in prison. there. state department says the charges are bogus. it's trying to secure her release. >> just going sit. >> wow. take a look at that. torrential rain, a rapidly melting snowpack has led to unbelievable flooding in and around yellowstone national park. these raging waters from the yellowstone river caused a

bridge to collapse and just be swept away. the news you can see here while a home also carried off in that strong stream. all entrances to the park have been closed indefinitely as this goes on electricity in the entire park is out. drinking water now considered unsafe in many areas. 900 residents in the town of gardiner, montana, just outside yellowstone's north entrance are trapped right now because the only road in and out has been cut off by these flood waters. evacuations and rescues from that area are ongoing. and we've had a really great day so far. it has been a warm one throughout the bay area. so if you're going. >> the outside today, make sure you stay hydrated. make sure you have that sunscreen on temperatures are going to be warm today into tomorrow. clear skies, no rain in the forecast. but what we have had is a high-pressure system that has been building since yesterday today and tomorrow.

it will gradually start to fall on thursday. once we have a frontal low moving in across to the bay area and that will bring with it much-needed win that we needed to cool us down wherever you are across the bay area today, you want limit your time outdoors if you can drink some water highs across the bay. so up in santa rosa here in the 90's, ear, antioch, 90 conquer livermore 90 down in morgan hill, san jose. 85 along the east bay mid to upper 70's. so hayward, 75 oakland, 75 up in mill valley in the 80's. and then along the coast, you're looking at 70's the san francisco 62 down in half moon bay, redwood city. you're 81 now to view your in the 80's as well. also, if you're heading out, maybe you're in golden gate park. 63 your daily city, your in the 60's for you, burlingame, you're at 65 foster city. 73 down in the south bay, like santa clara. 85, let's check on 78 in

livermore. way out there. 89 checking on walnut creek, 88 out in pittsburgh and 92. so really getting warm. 63 down in stinson beach, 7 day forecast. we have been talking about it. we're experiencing that. he today 90's 80's into tomorrow. and then we did down into the 70's come thursday. we stay there until saturday and sunday, monday, right back up into the 80's along the bay shore, mid 70's throughout the week. 60's come friday and then father's day on sunday. 73 along the coast, low 60's throughout the week. back to you. thanks. right now, happening today, san francisco kicking off its annual ocean beach sand relocation project. >> the city's public works. department says crews are going to redistribute about 43,000 cubic yards of sand over the next 3 weeks. the goal here is to reduce the likelihood of sand buildup on the great highway during windy weather, crews will be making

sand dunes smaller and taking the sand near the roadway towards the ocean city says you will see some road closures over the next few weeks as work on this and relocation project. this week marks a first for gold. and so for the golden state, the inaugural, california state parks week kicks off today, state department of parks and recreation are going to be hosting a series of in-person and virtual events honoring our 279 state parks, which is, you know, similar to national park week. california has the oldest state park system in the nation with 1.3 million acres, including more than 340 miles situated along the coastline. officials are hoping this week encourages folks to visit the golden state's great outdoors. celebration runs through saturday. from parks to shark. scientists say the presence of great white sharks along the california coast appears to be increasing from 2017 up until last year. lifeguards reported

a fivefold increase in great white shark sightings. most of those sharks being tracked our juvenile sharks. while some researchers believe while some researchers previously thought great white populations word to do when delaying new data suggesting the shark populations actually experiencing a surge. right now. some researchers suggest laws adopted over the past half century to protect sharks and their main food source is may have reversed a population decline. so good news, but be careful out there. if you're in the sea. all right. coming up, new research showing stress could make you sick. how about a fax your immune system? >> plus, scientists say these could be a solution to climate change. we're going explain how. and a south bay farmers market helping people with food insecurity.

welcome back. down in the south bay, there's a farmers market helping those experiencing food insecurity, food bank organizers in san jose say they're doing their best to meet the needs of the community. >> but as kron four's madyun reports, the volunteers say that could use a little more help. >> these volunteers with the second harvest food bank of silicon valley are here at the school of arts and culture of mexican heritage it settles a continuing the effort to fight food, insecurity of the south bay. at the end of 2021.

continuing into the new year, the food bank served on average 400,000 people per month. >> and then in march, we saw that number jumped to 470,000 and that's because of inflation and just food and fuel prices. i'm for so many low-income households. that's a large part of your budget. so when those prices go up, that's when people start to make tough choices about not being able to put food on the table. and that's why we've seen such an increase in need. i noted is going to be a hot one. so we truly appreciate you guys being here. >> food bank volunteers are also ready low these days. here you see about a dozen living they had a short supply of volunteers. and if i could, could i volunteer for them? and i said absolutely. >> there's a lot of people in need and those the food makes a huge difference in their in their family and nobody should go hungry. >> yeah. the second harvest doesn't just hand out free groceries. in addition to having the option to pick and

choose from the fresh produce poultry, dairy and other food products that this farmers market, walk-up stout distribution site food bank clients also received nutritional education recipes and show our clients who are waiting to pick up their food. how to actually prepare meals with some of the food that they'll be receiving. >> is primarily low-income community. we are from the east side. it's a beautiful community. that is the primary reason school of arts and culture of mexican heritage plaza food distribution court date or or a is here just gives me any dissatisfaction within me as a person. i grew up very poor. and just to know that if there was something like this, while i was growing up, i know my fairly we're taking advantage of it. so just to be part of something like this, it's beyond me. >> it's very it's very humbling for me. and it's amazing for me to be able to do this. >> the farmers market style second harvest food bank of silicone valley distribution program happens here at the

plaza of the second and 4th wednesday of every month. >> if you'd like to get involved, please go to our website at as h f b dot org and you can find out how to volunteer, how to donate or how to get connected with food. if you need help. >> in san jose has it. but you cried for >> for your help this afternoon, a new blood test could one day reveal if you're immune to the coronavirus. an international group of researchers say they've developed a test that measures disease-fighting t cells which can determine just how vulnerable are protected. you are your immunity. depends on several factors such as if you've had covid how many times you've been vaccinated and whether you have any medical conditions. the fda is still reviewing the test. it's not available in the united states just yet. meanwhile, a new study says stress may cause accelerated aging of your immune system. researchers at usc examined over 5700 adults over the age of 50 studying factors like social stress, life events and

chronic stress after taking blood samples from those folks, scientists found people with higher stress scores also had older immune profiles. that includes a higher percentage of worn out white blood cells. researchers also found a connection between higher stress and poor diet and low exercise. emergency medical service providers are putting out their own call for help. a major emt shortage affecting emergency services all across the country. kelsey kernstine reports on that staffing crisis. i have spent 14 years on the job and over 36,000 hours. >> in the field. and i make 16 e 25 an hour. thousands of emt's across the nation are leaving the profession fed up with the hours. the stress and the low pay him to use our want to miss shift away from being in poverty. according to the bureau of labor statistics, emt's on average make less than $37,000 a year. in many

cases they can walk into fast food restaurants right now with no experience and are in the same for more as they would in an entry level ems position for reasons like that and others, fewer emt's are entering the profession causing a potentially dangerous shortage. i'm seeing systems now where? >> job openings, ardmore of 20% exacerbating the problem. some emt's are leaving their local hospitals for traveling emt work for better pay. and health care providers complain they can't increase pay because medicaid and medicare take months to reimburse them and often pay less than half. what the mta's are worth furness says if we don't fix the problem soon we're going to see whole lot more. >> folks. >> who are underserved with medical needs. health care needs there for and so that means of bad things are going to happen to our population at large. >> that was kelsey kernstein reporting for us. according to the bureau of labor statistics, emt's are one of the worst pay jobs and health care on average emt's make 30%

less than other working americans. >> a new development in the june primary election process. a problem with ballots in the central valley delaying the results there. the san joaquin county registrar of voters says >> there was a printing error on the ballots bar code. and as many as 30,000 mail-in votes have been rejected, those ballots now need to be duplicated by hand and verified. some critics say the public should have been notified of this issue sooner because election transparency is essential. election officials say their doors are open to anyone questioning the legitimacy of these election results. i want the public to know this is their election. i want them to come in. we're more than happy to give them a tour. walked into the process. if they still have questions. >> let them sit down and observe a specific process if they so wish our doors are open and the public is welcome at any time. >> county registrar's office says they've been assured the printing error won't happen again, but they're putting

additional measures in place for the future they have until july 8th to report the final results to the secretary of state. all right. we do want to get you one final check of your forecast. taking another live look outside at the golden gate bridge. you can see traffic moving along quite nicely. nice blue skies today. things are warming up as we make our way towards the middle of the week. kron fours reyna harvey has details. well, that of has arrived and it's sticking around at least until tomorrow. and then we gradually we'll see a cool down. >> come thursday, we can see a live look outside coit tower and look at this. no major winds to cool us down. we're anticipating getting some winds on thursday when that cooldown begins. we'll have a low pressure trough moving through the bay area to cool us off. but until then, drink your water and limit the time spent outdoors highs across the bay ea today. so 90's up in santa rosa, a mid 80's down there in the south bay out of antioch. you're in the 90's. 70's in san francisco, 62 in half moononay, 81 redwood

city. 75 in hayward and mid 70's and oakland. 87 up in napa. a look at that 7 day forecast for you. 90's today inland 89 into wednesday. we cool down thursday bayshore 70's to start the week 60's to in doubt and along the coast. low 60's for the week. back to you. take a look at this. scientists in australia discovered a new way to combat climate change and it comes in the form of warms. researchers say they've >> found a particular type of super warm that likes to munch on peastics. they called the crawling creatures, quote, many recycling plants. scientists believe the beetle larva a die. just the plastic through a specific gut enzyme. they say if they can identify that enzyme, they can use it to help break down trash that would normally end up in our oceans. pretty impressive. alright, coca-cola teaming up with jack daniels. hope put

jack and coke in a can. the drink also be available in a 0 sugar option. it's hitting the shelves in mexico later this year before expanding globally. this is like years in the making. i would assume the company's issued a joint press release saying the beverages for legal age drinkers and will typically have around 5% alcohol. but it will vary by country. a u.s. launch is projected for sometime next year. all right. coming up next at noon, amazon getting ready to take over the skies of a small california

>> welcome back. today is flag day commemorating the day the united states adopted the u.s. flag as a national standard. the flags along pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c., our little different this year. american flags with 51 stars lined the streets today. washington dc's mayor muriel bowser ordered those custom flags to be displayed as a reminder to congress, a and the nation that 700,000 taxpaying american citizens do live in washington, d.c., and they demand to be recognized. mayor said not recognizing the district is a stain on american democracy. amazon's drone delivery program is launching in the small town of lac forgets about 30 miles south of sacramento. it's called amazon prime air and a company spokesperson says people living there are being

contacted now to see if they're interested in drone delivery. and if they are and amazon reps going to come to their homomomomomomd desiate a safe landing zone. some are already welcoming the new form of delivery service, especially in the rural town. >> i thinknk it may rereally co because know a lot of people that order from amazon. >> we stuff like we'll be better at the end of that. i'm out here. haven't had the chance to actually buy from amazon no to >> any packages weighing 5 pounds or less can be delivered in as little as an hour. amazon says it's been working on this tech for close to a decade. >> here at home, if you're looking to foster or adopt a pet, look at this cutie, the santa clara county animal care and control center can help you out. the shelter is located on monterey road. >> it's at 100% capacity right now. they're waiving fees for new adoptions open from noon to 6. so if you're interested, maybe go ahead and give them a call, that's going to do it for kron. 4 news at noon. but we do want to send things over now to olivia horton for libby. are you in need of pat

minor here? you need a little no. i have 2 big dogs at home. i you want to show you and that video of those puppies cannot go on another one about 2, 3, that's about to be fired on the search what you got going on today. we have a jam-packed show with a little something. >> for everybody today. coming up, having been in the san francisco drag scene for decades. >> how clean is joining us in studio. learn how you can see her and a host of other performers in the star-studded show then get ready to explore with the bugs. the california academy of sciences newest exhibit will have immersed in the world below plus sonoma county trails is sharing the importance of supporting local agriculture. find out how you can take part in the details on the grabbing staying at apple fair. and just off those cleats because we're heading to the soccer field with the san francisco glens soccer club. find out how you in the family can enjoy a game this weekend. all of this and so